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Funnily enough, Pinkbike just posted this and then very quickly deleted it again. Only a handful of people had time to share their thoughts and the comments rightly weren't complimentary.

No chat and no discussion please, I prefer my social media experience to be unsociable, impersonal, and completely lacking in any perspective. This thread says its just for rumors and so only rumors should ever be posted here. 🤡

"It's rumored that SLX is going to be dropped next year guys" "Please keep it to MTB Tech Rumors"

We talk about the tech and the rumors until there is new tech and rumors to talk about. I don’t understand what you haters are getting confused about. Thread derailleurs are part of the game, baby.

Do you wake up every day wondering "who can I be a d1ck to on the Vital Forums today"? Assuming good intent and extending a modicum of kindness takes almost no effort; give it a try!

Fixed now, had a "." added to the end of the URL...

I'll just be over here hugging my Saint cranks if anyone needs me.

Non negotiable financially?

Wonder if it comes with pubes?

They must have hired the Lewis engineering team.

It looks like they borrowed the guts from a Shimano pedal to make this prototype. The markings on the spring adjustment look identical to a PD-M8000

The pedals are from Fraezen, another german brand. Intend does have some pedals in development, similar to the OutlierMTB ones. I posted about it a few weeks back in this thread:

Fastest shift in the west is still the ol' trusty 11 Speed XT. Double gear downshift, crispy leaver feel, textured lever and can bend it pretty hard before it starts to shift poorly (unlike eagle or shimano 12 speed, which does good but could be better). I find that Transmission is a 180 stright into oncoming traffic in terms of progress, between the narrow-wide cassette, ridiculously massive derailleur, absurd price tag, and last but not least... probably one of the worse mtb inventions of the past 20 years, the UDH. Before the invention of UDH's, hangers were a lot smaller...

both my boys had Advent 9-speed (not X) on riprock hardtails that they thrashed for 2 years with no regard for gentle or "proper" shifting technique, repetitive bike lay-downs on the driveside and no actual maintenance aside chain lube. one was on a 20" (no clutch) one was a 24" (clutch) and the cages were in the line of fire b/c of wheel size...the 20" cage practically dragged on the ground in low gear LOL. those drivetrains never flinched despite bent derailleur hangers and crappy alignment when i'd try to straighten the hanger.. very surprised at its durability.

I've had the 9 speed on my franken-commuter bike for at least two years and it's been great. The only issue I had was one of the shift paddles started returning slowly and I had to open up the shifter and clean things out, which fixed it. Otherwise very little tinkering needed to keep shifting smoothly. The shift paddles are a little different, you use your pointer finger to move down the cassette which took me a little getting used to. The shifting is maybe a little less smooth than the top sram/shimano stuff, but it's not bad and has...

*was managing the team

Prime Gwin, years ago in wayyyy better economic times said he's making approx $1m when combining all streams of income. Asa, as good as he is not in the same ballpark commodity wise as peak Gwin. No one is making 1.5m in today's climate IMO.

if peaty, greg, NV, sam, or barel showed up and wanted to race, would the be granted entry for "personal status"? to your point, i see it both ways - it gives them the option/leeway of admitting certain high profile riders who otherwise might not make the cut per the rules, but the counterpoint is that the decision making doesn't seem very transparent, which has the potential for abuse

Is anyone else kinda rubbed the wrong way by this? I have respect for Gwin’s legacy but if we’re going to cut out privateers and make racers compete for spots at world cups, I don’t think this should be allowed. There’s fewer spots available and if Gwin can “rock up” to any world cup he wants, he’s likely taking that wildcard spot from an up and coming rider who is working their ass off for it. Again, I love seeing him line up at races but if he wants to play the game I think he should play by the...